Skip to main content

Media

Latest News

Image
Hartford CT Buildings
March 6, 2026

HARTFORD, CT — Nearly a week into what Connecticut’s congressional delegation calls the most significant American military action in the Middle East since the Iraq War, the state’s U.S. senators and a House member accused President Donald Trump of waging an illegal war without congressional authorization and warned the conflict could escalate into a ground invasion, costing thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars.

Image
Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 6, 2026

March 6, 2026 — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy joined U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes and U.S. Representative John Larson for a visit to EdAdvance’s Early Childhood Learning Center in Torrington to meet with agency leaders and staff to discuss the impact of federal funding cuts and uncertainties on programs serving children, families, and schools across northwest Connecticut.

Image
Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republicans’ bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security with no restrictions to rein in ICE’s abuses of power.

Image
Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for H.Con.Res.38, a bipartisan war powers resolution to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran after President Trump authorized a strike against Iran that resulted in the death of servicemembers.
Image
Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Trump’s firing of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Image
Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) and more than 180 of their Democratic colleagues to announce the reintroduction of the DISCLOSE Act, landmark legislation to end the scourge of dark money in politics.  

Image
Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 4, 2026

The IRS chief executive officer, Frank Bisignano, largely declined to offer specifics when asked about unlawful disclosures of taxpayer data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Wednesday. 

Image
Ranking Member Larson grills Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano on the Ways and Means Committee
March 4, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) demanded answers from Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano about the ‘DOGE’ scheme to use data from the Social Security Administration to try and overturn election results with an outside election interference group, something the Trump Department of Justice admitted in a recent court filing. 
Image
Hartford CT Buildings
March 3, 2026

Members of Congress have sent a letter to the Department of Education demanding that the Trump administration's policy, which determines nursing is not a "professional" degree, be reversed, amid what they said was a "nursing crisis."